TASHKENT, 14 September (BelTA) – The official visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to Uzbekistan has ended. The aircraft with the Belarusian head of state on board has left the Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport, BelTA has learned.
Alexander Lukashenko had arrived in the airport from the Uzbekistan president's residence Kainarsay. Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov saw off the Belarusian head of state.
Alexander Lukashenko was the first foreign leader, who had personally visited a private residence of his Uzbek counterpart. Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited Alexander Lukashenko to visit his place as a token of special respect and friendship. The presidents, who had established very friendly personal relations, continued negotiations of the previous day in the Kainarsay residence. The two heads of state talked for over three hours in an informal setting in the open air and then at a working breakfast.
Belarus, Uzbekistan to aim for $1bn in trade
“Despite the fact that the trade between our countries has increased significantly in recent years, the potential is still hugely untapped. I have dreamed of $500 million in bilateral trade and have come here with these figures in mind,” Alexander Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko invites Uzbekistan to branch out into Afghanistan's market together
“We would like Uzbek friends to help us cooperate with Afghanistan. But we do not want to penetrate this market alone. We want to promote our products in that country together. Therefore, we can make products, including complex machine building equipment, in Uzbekistan and help Afghan people together. They will appreciate it, they need everything,” Alexander Lukashenko said.
Belarus, Uzbekistan sign 16 documents on cooperation
The key documents make part of the intergovernmental agreement on social and economic cooperation for 2019-2023. This is a comprehensive document aimed at the development of cooperation in a variety of industries.
Made in Belarus expo opens in Tashkent
Individual sections of the expo highlight various branches of the Belarusian economy, including mechanical engineering, transport, chemical industry, petrochemical industry, civil engineering and woodworking, agriculture and food industry, and other ones.
